Judges Fall to Bulldogs 35-21 in West Court Showdown
The Handley Judges lost to the High school Bulldogs 35 to 21 on West Court. Garber led Handley with 10 points while Burg and Thompson paced the Bulldogs with 11 and 10. Handley non scorers included LaRue Owens Powell Wingfield Hart Grim and Morris.
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Handley
Garber
Burg
Thompson
Bulls
Handley Quint
Bulldogs
Handley—LaRue
Owens
Powell
Wingfield
Hart
Grim
Marburg
Sherrard
Manor
Morris
Smoot
Special Music At Lutheran Bible Class
The Rev William E Eisenburg conducts the Men s Bible Class at Lutheran Church Sunday at 9 45. Lewis Knieling will perform a cello solo with Mildred Jones on piano.
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William E. Eisenburg
Lutheran Church
Lewis Knieling
Mildred Jones
Golf Club Members Called to Monday Week Meeting
W. B. Goode president of the Ester Golf Club has called a meeting of all members at the George Washington evening on February o'clock. The purpose is to elect three members who are desired stockholders for the board of directors.
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W. B. Goode
Ester Golf Club
Ting
George Washington
Neled
Darden Board Debates School Transportation and Textbooks
Educators on the Darden school study commission report clash over trustee appointment methods. The board seeks bids from book companies for next year and interprets compulsory attendance as enforceable to age sixteen. Names of eligible division superintendents include James J. Booker Portsmouth William F th Church Road Bryant Harper Winchester A las Nuninger Roanoke and EB Willis Timberville.
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Rnor Darden
Denny
Tion Dabney S. Joncaster
Ration Calendar Updates As War Food Schedules Continue
The Associated Press reports ration books for meats fats and processed foods remain valid with no dates invalidated before March. Book four red stamps Q5 to X5 cover meat and oils while blue stamps for six months cover processed foods. Book three airplane stamps 1 to 3 remain valid indefinitely.
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OPA
Braddock Street Church to Host Crusade for Christ Speaker
Dr Walter Gunn district superintendent Norfolk District of the Virginia Methodist Conference will preach at Braddock Street Methodist Church Sunday January 28 at 11 00. He will discuss The Crusade for Christ a four year movement promoting world order relief evangelism church enrollment and attendance.
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Walter ©. Gunn
Norfolk
Virginia Methodist Conference
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Gunn
Virginia
Crusade For Christ
Committee of Two Hundred
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Kansas City
Barton Heights
Richmond
Crusade Council
Braddock Street Church
T. J. Hawkins
John H Rosenberger
W. E. Bridgeforth
Andrew J. Bowen
Third Army Advances East Through Ruhr Region
Third Army gains three miles east of the Ruhr as Allied air forces bomb Nazi rail and road transport. RAF planes destroy locomotives and railway cars while snow and fog hinder westward Allied operations. Seventh Army clears the Moder river bridgehead near Haguenau as First and Third armies endure deep snow drifts.
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Ruhr
Germany
RAF
Alsace
79Th
WU. S
Moder
Haguenau
Yanks Advance in Philippines Reach Key Targets
American forces continued the push toward Manila and Bataan peninsula with gains on the Rosario–Baguio corridor. San Manuel fell after two days of combat as U S infantry destroyed ten tanks. Air raids hit Subic Bay and Formosa targets as ships and shore installations suffered damage and fires.
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Manila
Bataan
MacArthur
First
Rosario
Baguio
Cauringan
Sison
San Manuel
Subic Bay
China Sea
Formosa
No Episcopal Sunday School at Christ Church Tomorrow
There will be no Sunday school at Christ Episcopal Church tomorrow due to a fuel shortage. Other Sunday services will be held as announced.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Russians Close on Berlin as Red Army Advances in Poland
Moscow said the winter drive cost Germany 381000 killed and captured as fresh Red troops pressed through central Poland on both sides of Poznan. The report claimed German reserves were thrown into the front southwest of Poznan and an eastern wall of fortifications had collapsed.
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East Prussia
Germany
Moscow
Poland
Poznan
Berlin
Brandenburg
Wehrmacht
Zhukov
Rokossovsky
Baltic
Noxat
Vistula
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Konigsberg
Junkers
Marienburz
Free City
Danzig
Oder River
Silesia
Steinau
Breslau
Berlin Stands at the Brink as War Pressure Tightens
Aftonbladet Berlin correspondent reports residents feel Berlin sits on the front line as newsprint tightens and the city braces for danger. Morning papers appear as single sheets while editorials urge personal cares be set aside and commitment to fight to the end. Tram and subway traffic face further restrictions.
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Berlin
Aftonbladet
Postwar Economic Outlook Emphasizes Small Business Backbone
Dr. Anderson argues communities must share postwar responsibility as they did in bond drives and national efforts. He outlines small business as the backbone of free enterprise, with big business risking profits by anti-competitive actions, and calls for local leaders to drive job opportunities and informed local plans.
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Anderson
G. I
Wahine
Washington
Petersburg ration board clerk arrested in Miami Beach
George N. Hillman chief clerk of the Petersburg ration board and two others were arrested on warrants by an OPA investigator for illegal possession of gasoline coupons. About 50 000 gallons in coupons were seized, with 4 000 B and C coupons on Hillman and 5 000 on his wife, plus 806 on Theodore Goldstein.
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Miami, Beach
Fla
Petersburg
OPA
Earl D. Carpenter
Miami Beach
Carpenter
George N. Hillman
Hillman
Harrison Street
Theodore Goldstein
Richmond
Bohannan
Prince George County
Sgt Sirbaugh Says He's Doing Well
Mrs Margaret Sirbaugh received a letter from her husband Sgt Versus K Sirbaugh who is stationed in an army hospital overseas after a wound in Belgium on January 7 He writes he is getting along fine and not to worry in a letter dated January 13
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Margaret Sirbaugh
K. Rodney Sirbaugh
Belgium
Sgt. Sirbaugh
Pendergast Dead Of Heart Disease
Thomas J. Pendergast a 72 year old Kansas City Democratic boss who served a year in federal prison for income tax evasion died of heart disease. Known as Big Tom he entered a hospital last Tuesday after suffering heart ailments since a 1936 convention attack. He rose to power in 1932 guiding Jackson county majorities and backing Truman for senator in 1934, but was sentenced in 1939 to 15 months in prison for tax evasion related to a large insurance payoff and racing losses. Since 1940 his release residence was his home on Ward Parkway.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pendergast
Missouri
Big Tom
Philadelphia
Pendergast
Ward Parkway
George Poston Dies at Bluemont Home
George Emory Plaster Poston retired painter died at his Bluemont Virginia home yesterday afternoon at 2 30. He was 75, born January 5 1870, son of Joseph Franklin and Sarah Reed Poston. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Lee Poston a daughter Ada Lee Chappell and five sons Joe Franklin Poston Thomas Stanley Poston Harry Golden Poston Lewis Emory Poston and Clarence Gordon Poston. Funeral from the Bluemont home Sunday at 2 oclock conducted by Rev E R Thayer. Interment to be in a Hill Cemetery.
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George Emory Plaster Poston
Bluemont
Joseph Franklin
Sarah Reed Poston
Elizabeth Lee Poston
Ada Lee Chappell
Joe Franklin Poston
Thomas Stanley Poston
Round Hill
Harry Golden Poston
Washington, D. C
Lewis Emory Poston
Clarence Gordon
Middleburg
E. R. Thayer
Newton D. Baker Hospital Marks First Anniversary
Newton D. Baker General Hospital commemorates its first anniversary on January 28 1944 with 169 beds received from Halloran General Hospital New York. The facility now handles 1900 patients, offers specialized nerve injury care and plastic repair, and features a full city-like campus including a fire department library theater and post office.
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Halloren General Hospital
New York
E. L. Cook
Newton D. Baker
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
National Reputte
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Army
Grey Ladies
United States
Rumors Of Nazi Unrest Stir Worldwide Inquiries
Reports from Berlin Paris Moscow and Luxembourg relay rumors of unrest within Germany as civilians protest and clash with authorities. Allied officials caution against taking propaganda at face value while noting evacuations and discontent amid wartime strain.
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London
German Radio Today
Germany
Foreign Office
Madrid
Lisbon
Barcelona
Paris
Berlin
Moscow
Breslau
Volkssturm
Luxembourg
Dusseldorf
Himmler
Ensign Gilkey Escapes After Being Shot Down Over Luzon
From Tarlac Luzon dispatch. Ensign A W Gilney of Front Royal Virginia and three fellow crewmen were shot down near Conception south of Tarlac on January 11. They dodged patrols for eleven days with Filipino guerrillas help returning to American lines. They lived on fried chicken roast pork eggs tomatoes and bananas. Guerrillas rushed them from a house when a Jap patrol neared. They burned their plane after landing in a field and endured a tense escape with civilians aiding them. Kirkpatrick claimed credit for the event.
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Tarlac
Luzon
Philippine Islands
A. W. Gilney
Front Royal
Suzanne Nicodemus
Conception
Guerrilas
Kirkpatrick
Ward seizure ruled illegal by federal judge
Judge Sullivan declared the Army seizure of 16 Ward and Company properties illegal, ruling the President lacked authority under the War Labor Disputes Act and Constitution. He found Ward not a war production plant and warned Congress must compel compliance when advisory War Labor Board recommendations fail. The decision pauses government aims and signals ongoing legal contest.
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Ward
Sullivan
War Labor Board
Congress
Attr
Francis Biddle
Ward's
Baltimore Market Quotation Summary on Jan 27
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show light receipts and steady to higher quotes across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle top around 16.35 for thumb and yearlings near 15.35. hogs 150 head steady with good and choice 160 to 300 lb trading 15.30 to 15.50. fat lambs and sheep largely steady with top around 16.00 for 80-90 lb lambs.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Eastern Railroad
Place Kicks In Football Appear Important In Pro Games
The National Football League notes that the place kick is a key component of professional football. It is used in college play as well but not as frequently.
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National Football League
Stock Market Report Sees Mixed Day On War Optimism
New York stocks rose modestly at the open led by steels rubbers and low priced issues with war prospects weighing on a few rails and pivotals. Transfers around 8 million shares in two hours as renewed bidding reflects reconversion fears and hopes for Nazi collapse. bonds mixed and commodities easier.
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New York
Jan. N
Iioers
Chicago grain quotations dip on favorable war news
Chicago January 27 grain markets opened sharply lower as favorable war news and long liquidation hit futures. Wheat May futures fell to 1.615/8 to 3/8 above, corn May down to 1.121/4 to 3/8, oats May 66 1/2 to 3 3, rye May 1.123/8 to 3/4 amid early session weakness.
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Chicago
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on page 4 are listed with items including swimming, blood composition across races, skull measurement, Coney Island, and a blue background with a bronze central seal. It notes the background design, warrant officer rank, New York, aluminum, a true/false item, and a single island.
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Coney Island
New York
Island
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